IRIDESCENCE

opalescence, iridescence

(noun) the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

iridescence (countable and uncountable, plural iridescences)

The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.

Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.

Source: Wiktionary


Ir`i*des"cence, n. Etym: [See Iridescent.]

Definition: Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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